AEROGEL: Glass that's 99.8% AIR


	AEROGEL: Glass that's 99.8% AIR

wintertown

8-28-2008 12:01 AM

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wintertown says:

there's a comment on the page that you can buy it at unitednuclear.com

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8-28-2008 10:22 AM

wintertown

oh, there's also another clip that i posted that has more information about aerogel, plus a few cool pictures.

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